“Courage does not always roar – sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow.” ~Unknown
Pumpkin Village
Discovery Park of America, located in Union City, Tennessee featured a Pumpkin Village during the month of October. Included in the village were cornstalk horses, hay bale creatures and a scarecrow village. Here are a few photos my husband took of this outdoor display.
“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves.” ~Unknown
Smilin’
“When you are not feeling particularly friendly … put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are.” ~ C. S. Lewis
Standing out
“Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!” ~Jennie Finch
Five-lined Skink
“He slept beneath the moon, he basked beneath the sun; he lived a life of going to do and died with nothing done.” ~James Albery
Going Home
“I have no desire to cut the adventure short, but I cannot forget that at the end I am going home.” ~ylcf.org
Looking through the Bald Cypress trees
“It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.” ~Vicki Covington
Soaking up the sun
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
Watching the sunset
Last night, after many days of gray skies and rain, it was nice to finally be able to see the sunset — and, it was a beauty!
“Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.” ~Mattie Stepanek
Orange Sulphur butterfly
“The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly.” ~Ponce Denis Ecouchard Le Brun
walking on a country road 